Bridging the Digital Divide – Quality, Reliability and Secure Access for All
Workshop Program – Spring 2021
* All times are in EDT / UTC-4
| Time Slot | Program Item |
|---|---|
| 10:00 – 10:10 | Welcome – Program Chairs |
| 10:10 – 10:10 | Technical Paper Session #1 |
| 10:10 – 10:25 | Paper – 1 — eMBB-URLLC Multiplexing: A Preference- Based Method of Ensuring eMBB Reliability and Improving Users’ Satisfaction – Mengge Li et al. (Shaanxi Normal University, China) |
| 10:25 – 10:40 | Paper – 2 — Millimeter-wave Blockage Modeling and Mitigation, Mohammedreza Robaei et al. (University of North Texas, USA) |
| 10:40 – 10:45 | Break (5 minutes) |
| 10:45 – 10:50 | Session #1 – Reachability: Evolving Access Technologies – Robert Lesnewich, Peraton Labs |
| 10:50 – 11:05 | Talk #1-1 — Practical applications for mmWave technology, Nadine Hatto and Neill Young, Blu Wireless |
| 11:05 – 11:20 | Talk #1-2 — Fixed Wireless Access for Remote Learning, Mary Nolan, Verizon |
| 11:20 – 11:35 | Talk #1-3 — How interconnections will help evolving access technologies – Kurtis Lindqvist, London Internet Exchange (LINX) |
| 11:35 – 11:50 | Session #1 – Q&A |
| 11:50 – 12:00 | Break (10 minutes) |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Keynote #1 – Dan Sjöblom, Director General of the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) |
| 12:30 – 12:35 | Session #2 – Equity: User Experience, Vijay Gurbani, Illinois Institute of Technology / Vail Systems |
| 12:35 – 12:50 | Talk #2-1 — Beyond Equitable Access: Everyday Use and Digital Skills For Rural Students’ Academic Outcomes, Keith N. Hampton, The Quello Center and the Department of Media and Information, Michigan State University |
| 12:50 – 13:05 | Talk #2-2 — Data Disconnect: A foundation for prioritizing federal broadband access, Bryan Darr, Ookla |
| 13:05 – 13:20 | Talk #2-3 — What can governments do to speed access and what can governments do to impede investment? Eric Burger, Georgetown University (Former Assistant Director of OSTP and Former FCC CTO) |
| 13:20 – 13:30 | Session #2 – Q&A |
| 13:30 – 13:50 | Break (20 minutes) |
| 13:50 – 13:55 | Technical Paper Session #2 |
| 13:55 – 14:10 | Paper – 3 — Outage Probability Analysis to Address Interference Vulnerabilities in Digital Mobile Radio Networks, Hossein Ghannadrezaii et al. (Dalhousie University, Canada) |
| 14:10 – 14:25 | Paper – 4 — Modulation-Based Physical Layer Security via Gray Code Hopping, Michael Cribbs et al. (Naval Postgraduate School, USA) |
| 14:25 – 14:30 | Break (5 minutes) |
| 14:30 – 15:15 | Panel Discussion – Connecting Solutions to Policies , Kelly Krick |
| Nicol Turner Lee, Brookings Institute | |
| Bhushan Joshi, Ericsson | |
| Eric Burger, Georgetown University | |
| 15:15 – 15:20 | Break (5 minutes) |
| 15:20 – 15:50 | Keynote #2 – Edward “Smitty” Smith, II |
| 15:50 – 16:00 | CQR Announcements / Break (10 minutes) |
| 16:00 – 16:05 | Session #3 – Extensibility: Innovative Solutions, Carol Davids, Illinois Institute of Technology |
| 16:05 – 16:20 | Talk #3-1 — Future Technology Trends & Outlook towards 6G, Mallik Tatipamula, CTO Ericsson, Group Function Technologies and Architectures Ericsson |
| 16:20 – 16:35 | Talk #3-2 — TVWS – Turning Spectrum Scarcity into Spectrum Opportunity, Hender Jimenez, Technical Program Manager, AirBand Initiative, Microsoft |
| 16:35 – 16:50 | Talk #3-3 — Terragraph: Gigabit connectivity and backhaul in the 60 GHz mmWave, Monica Paolini, President, Senza Fili |
| 16:50 – 17:00 | Session #3 – Q&A |
| 17:00 – 17:15 | Break (15 minutes) |
| 17:15 – 17:20 | Technical Paper Session #3 |
| 17:20 – 17:35 | Paper #5 — Proposal of Keyword-Based Information-Centric Delay-Tolerant Network, Ryo Nakamura et al. (Ritsumeikan University, Japan) |
| 17:35 – 17:50 | Paper #6 — Advancing User Quality of Experience Using Viewport Archives in Viewport-aware Tile-Based 360-Degree Video Streaming, Kiana Dziubinski et al. (Sophia University, Japan) |
| 17:50 – 18:05 | Paper #7 — Extension of ITU-T P.1204.3 Model to Tile-Based VR Streaming Services, Masanori Koike et al. (NTT, Japan) |
| 18:05 – 18:20 | Paper #8 — Refining Calculation Algorithm for Packet Pacing Rate of BBR, Satoshi Utsumi et al. (Fukushima University, Japan) |
| 18:20 – 18:30 | Closing Remarks |
| 18:30 – 19:00 | Virtual Networking |